i started with 240 grit paper then 400s then used the polish, then rubbed it again but with 1000s then polished it again, the polish cost me 7.99 but its on ebay for 6.99 with free postage.

its not hard to do it just takes a while, its not perfect cos i did it with it still on the car, im thinking of getting a polishing kit off ebay for £15 to do the inlet manifold and tidy the rocker cover up a bit, im also going to do the heat shield.

hmmm might do this myself then, in saying that i dont wanna remove the head incase i fook the seals and cant get it back on, can anyone tell me if its easy to get off and on again, or do i have to do anything….. this is the reason i never painted mine either

Well, i did say and im glad you did because it goes to show that the coolest things cost the least. Keep Going and you will always be glad to pop the bonnet.

Thing of your bonnet as a pair of French Knickers. A polished bay is like a full wax or Brazillian for your car, now ditch the standard cold air feed, get some hydraullic bonnet lifters off ebay (removes need for bonnet rod) polish Inlet, and when money allows, buy a T304 four branch Manifold and you are then one of the coolest people in your town, Women will flock, lol

tbh id never even though about bonnet raisers, thats a good idea. have you any idea on the cost of the manifold, i was just going to polish up the heat shield, i saw one on a 323f which looked pretty good.

Well I jumped the bandwagon and dressed up the old rocker! Respect to you guys who cbf polishing it! I had a can of high temp paint so whacked it on after a quick wash and sand. Was putting in new gasket anyways…

started working on my engine bay, spent about 2hrs on it this evening, and dam the tips of my fingers are killing me from using the sandpaper haha ( comeon i do IT lol )
neways i sanded today with a course 240grit, 2morw ill hit it with the 400, and 1200 grit so it shud come up smooth, also ill prolly use a dremil which shud speed it up.

ps wish i could just paint it red! but i dont really hvae the ability or knowledge to remove teh gasket :cry: neways ill post some updates once its finished :lol: